Dorothy L. Sayers - If it were not for the war, this war would suit

If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.

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Sayers, Dorothy L. The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, Vol. 2: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright. St. Martin's Press, 1998.

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